His parents died in the beginning of the war. He himself came on the road with his uncle and thousands of Armenians. The caravan passed Konia, then they went further on to Meskene. His uncle was lost on the road. An Arab one day dragged him away with him to his tent. After twelve years our agent found him and helped him to reach our home. After some days he disappeared but we understood the reason, because one day a boy came to our house, whom Hovhannes had sent here, and sometimes afterwards he himself arrived and had another Armenian boy with him. Hovhannes had seen that by us it was good to stay, here was a harbour and he wanted that other fellow-sufferers might deal with him. 

Hovhannes went to live with his master.

Left our care: October 3, 1927. Selfsupporting. Machinist. Came back very sick and died November 13, 1927